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  • April 2009
  • Case

Young Presidents' Organization

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, John D. Macomber and David Chen
The board of Young Presidents' Organization needs to decide on the future of its Networks Initiative, designed to connect its geographically dispersed membership base through 60 different interest-based networks. So far, one half of these networks have been considered... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • November 2023
  • Case

Gabon Special Economic Zone

By: John Macomber and Wale Lawal
Tropical rain forest covers about 80% of the West African nation of Gabon, part of the Congo Basin and the "lungs of the world." Gabon is one of the first nations to earn revenue from carbon sequestration...as long as the rain forest remains intact. There are... View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Forestry; Wood; Carbon Credits; Supply Chain; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Strategy; Forest Products Industry; Africa; Gabon
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  • July 2009 (Revised June 2011)
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Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (A)

By: Lakshmi Iyer, John D. Macomber and Namrata Arora
Maharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer assesses the risks and tenders a bid. The bid conditions include providing new free housing to tens of thousands of slum dwellers, which is anticipated to be... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Development Economics; Housing; Urban Development; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Business and Government Relations; Real Estate Industry; Mumbai
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Research - Managing the Future of Work

help employees manage their caregiving responsibilities—while reducing costs and increasing productivity By: Joseph B. Fuller and Manjari Raman October 2017 Report Dismissed... View Details
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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research

builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions: How to evaluate complex investments. How to set and execute financial policies within a firm. How to integrate the many financial decisions... View Details
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Finance - Faculty & Research

academics through the Business Economics doctoral program. Our applied focus and access to business organizations are major advantages which are reinforced by our students and... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance

Civilization (1933) and Roethlisberger’s Management and the Worker (1939) document. 1948 Research Center in Entrepreneurial History launched at HBS by Harvard economist View Details
Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Professor John Jong-Hyun Kim Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Dutch Leonard Eliot I. Snider and Family Baker Foundation Professor and Professor of Business... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 15

damaging to the academic enterprise. We surveyed over 2,000 psychologists about their involvement in questionable research practices, using an anonymous elicitation format supplemented by incentives for honest reporting. The impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July–August 2013
  • Article

Building Sustainable Cities

By: John D. Macomber
By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, to 6 billion, and the problems created by this rampant urbanization are among the most important challenges of our time. Of all resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity,... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Urban Development; Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; City
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  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

What Makes a Good Leader

of the 21st century. by Deborah Blagg and Susan Young Name: John Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership Director: HBS Global Leadership Initiative Most recent... View Details
Keywords: Management
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Courses - Entrepreneurship

under General Management) John Batter Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) (also listed under General Management and Technology & Operations Management) Amy... View Details
  • 2003
  • Conference Paper

Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction

By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
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Asia Pacific - Global

Democratizing Wall Street: An Evening with Professor Joseph Pacelli In May 2025, Professor Joseph Pacelli delivered talks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore under the theme... View Details
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

employers must “do the math” when it comes to care. By not accounting for costs like reduced productivity and increased turnover, employers leave money on the table when it comes to care. Related Research... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research

2024 How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis Re: John D. Macomber More Articles Harvard Business Publishing July 3, 2025 Article A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities By:... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment

Rachel Cleetus from the Union of Concerned Scientists and Harvard Business School Professor John Macomber discuss the importance of resilience. Trailer: Introducing Climate... View Details
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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

equity Interviews Dr. Ahmed Heikal Ouided Bouchamaoui Asim I. Khwaja Visiting Professor of Business Administration John Jong-Hyun Kim Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Research Interests : education , entrepreneurship ,... View Details
  • 15 Jul 2013
  • News

How Your Company Can Help Build Tomorrow’s Sustainable Cities

  • 29 Apr 2020
  • News

What Makes an Office Building “Healthy”